Introduction
Goodrich Court is a 19th-century century park laid out in the Picturesque style and later modified, with a formal garden around the house. The house has gone, but many features of the grounds survive.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Directions
Three miles south-west of Ross on Wye via the A40 and a minor road.
- History
Goodrich Court was begun in 1828 for Samuel Rush Meyrick, a medievalist who had failed to purchase the ruins of nearby Goodrich Castle. The new house was designed by Edward Blore. Early illustrations show the new house in a Picturesque setting of rutted tracks and crags.
The house was altered by new owners in the 1880s, by which time a level formal garden surrounded it. The stable block and kitchen garden were built at this time.
The house was demolished in 1949. The gatehouse, park, stables and kitchen garden remain.
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Features
- Gate Lodge
- Kitchen Garden
- Key Information
Type
Park
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Part: ground/below ground level remains
Civil Parish
Goodrich
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